Wesley Corpus

Page 374 "Arise, shine, for thy light is come!" Isa. lx. 1. Jesus, hail! Thy grace appearing Calls me forth from nature's tomb; Now I find thy presence chearing, Now I know that thou art come! Rising in thy resurrection, Thine my life and power I own, Shining by thy love's reflection, Glorious in thy light alone. "The Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising." Isa. lx. 3. Light of life eternal, rise, Thy beams of glory dart, Shine in all the nations' eyes, And shew them who thou art: To our dazzled king appear, And let this image of thy power Trembling at a greater near The rising Sun adore! "Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." Isa. lx. 1. Arise, and shine with borrow'd rays, Bright in reflected lustre shine, Thy light is come, the Sun of grace Appears in majesty divine, Jesus, that uncreated Sun Is risen, on his church to stay, To make through thee his glory known, The glory of eternal day. "For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, c." Isa. lx. 2. While nations uninlighten'd lie, With darkness palpable o'erspread, On thee the Day-Spring from on high, The Lord his brightest beams shall shed, 103John Wesley moves this hymn down two places to be in proper order, renumbering accordingly, in manuscript in his personal copy.